mathias24

As much as I think people who assualt young boys/girls of this age should be locked up and the key thrown away it sounds like reading the story this is not the first time these boys have agreeded to go with older men and probably to sue them for a large sum of money. When they were offered the 1,000B they knew exactly what was going on and could have chosen NOT to go with the man. To me this is a case of entrapment in order to get a large sum of money from the man if they dropped the charges. As you say in the article this is NOT the first time these two have done this. As for the man himself I still think he should be locked up/deported as this type give ferang a bad name.

It is the practical test they need to learn and be told to have respect for other drivers on the road. I say again if you want to stop accidents on the roads then do the following with the drivers out there now.

1) Enforce speeding

2) Enforce the law of having working lights on bikes, trucks, buses and any other form of transport

3) Enforce the law that a RED light means stopand those jumping the lights get a heavy fine ( not 200B but 2000B )

Get those on the roads today to observe the laws of the road and the accident rate will be cut straight away

Making the driving test harder will NOT stop the idiots that are colour blind. Well I think they must be because I am sure you are all aware of the idiots who jump the red lights up to 10 seconds after they have changed.

The police here need to step up to the plate and

1) When they stop motorbike riders for not wearing a hat they should also check that their lights are working. How many of you have been driving in a poorly lit area only to see a shadow in front of you which turns out to be a motorbike???

2) Make sure when there are roads works in hand that at nightime these roadworks are clearly lit so drivers can see the roadworks at night time. A friend of mine recently came back to Pattaya from the airport at night only to nearly plough into unlit road works.

3) As for the drivers that jump the red lights put cameras at these junctions as they do in most Western countries. Secondly when they have the police blockades on Sukumvit road just before Pattaya Thai have police with radios who can communicate with their colleagues down the road and get these drivers stopped and fined at least 1000B.

No matter how hard the new test will be once passed drivers will copy others on the roads and the accidents will continue to happen. Stop and fine the idiots out there now and set them up as an example to new drivers. Once the police take positive action the word will quickly spread and then these selfish drivers may start driving safetly